Suspicious death in Culmore area
The body of an adult male was discovered in a parking lot in the 6000 block of Bellview Drive in the Culmore area of Bailey’s Crossroads just after 2 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 1, Fairfax County Police...
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Pro Maxx Fitness is being evicted
A letter to members on the front door says the gym expects to close at the end of the month. Owners, employees, and members of Pro Maxx Fitness in the Annandale Shopping Center on Columbia Pike are...
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A historic first day of school at Bailey's Upper Elementary School
The bus drop-off went smoothly.About 600 third, fourth, and fifth-graders streamed into the brand-new Bailey’s Upper Elementary School Sept. 2 on the first day of the 2014-15 school year. Housed in a...
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Jaguars vs. Atoms in Mosaic Bowl
The second annual Mosaic Bowl, a football game featuring the Falls Church Jaguars and Annandale Atoms, takes place Friday, Sept. 5, at Falls Church High School. The game is sponsored by the merchants...
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Police focused on gangs, robberies, and prostitution this summer
Harry Henderson, president of the Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club (left), presents a certificate of honorary membership to Mason police commander David Smith at the CAC meeting. Henderson praised Smith...
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Be generous on HS band Tag Day
Stuart High School music students prepare for Tag Day.Tag Day is coming. This is the day when members of local high school bands knock on doors to request donations from the public. Annandale High...
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Gym members mobilize against eviction of Pro Maxx Fitness
Rachel Martin speaks to members of Pro Maxx Fitness. About three dozen Pro Maxx Fitness members gathered in the gym’s aerobics room Wednesday evening for a meeting to mobilize opposition to a planned...
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Sen. Warner urged to address Citizens United
Activists present box of petitions to Sen. Warner.A coalition of organizations concerned about the corrosive effects of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling and related decisions on money in...
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Scene around A-Town: Giant mushrooms
Look what popped up by the parking lot to the Broyhill Recreation Club by the entrance to Kendale Woods Park, Annandale.
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Deer hunting in local parks starts tomorrow
A notice about deer hunting.Fairfax County’s program using archery to reduce the deer population begins tomorrow, Sept. 6, and runs through Feb. 21, 2015.Under the program, approved groups of hunters...
View ArticleVolunteers needed for James Lee Community Center's Fall Festival
Volunteers are needed to help make James Lee Community Center’s third annual Fall Festival a successful event. The festival, Sept. 27, 2-6 p.m., will have live entertainment, games, a fish fry, health...
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Plan now for emergencies
KazragisAre you prepared for a major hurricane or another “snowmageddon”? How about a terrorist attack? What if Ebola or another epidemic hits Northern Virginia?It’s best to plan for a catastrophe...
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Gym members campaign to save Pro Maxx Fitness
Pro Maxx members Members of Pro Maxx Fitness have been carrying signs along Columbia Pike for the past two days – and plan to be out again today – to publicize their efforts to prevent the gym from...
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Most Annandale Shopping Center tenants have good relationship with landlord
Annandale Shopping Center.While Pro Maxx Fitness is embroiled in a tenancy disputewith the owners of the Annandale Shopping Center– and faces eviction at the end of the month – other tenants in that...
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Two candidates up against Sen. Warner Nov. 4
New voting machines purchased by Fairfax County on display at George Mason Regional Library Sept. 8 . The one on the right is for people with disabilities.This is the second piece in a series on the...
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Culmore community comes together to remember slain immigrant
A candlelight vigil for Filaberto Filipe Paz Ramirez.About 200 people came to a candlelight vigil Sept. 5 to remember Filaberto Filipe Paz Ramirez, the young man murdered last week, and to promote...
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Seven Corners Task Force defers decision on redevelopment at Sears site
Del. Kory speaks at the Sept. 9 Seven Corners Task Force meeting.Residents who spoke at the Sept. 9 Seven Corners Task Force meeting raised lots of concerns – mostly about the negative impact of overly...
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7-Eleven relocating to Heritage Drive shopping center
The storefronts being renovated next to Hmart in the shopping center on Heritage Drive, Annandale, will house a 7-Eleven and three other stores.The 7-Eleven behind the shopping center, at 7822 Rectory...
View ArticleParking restrictions proposed for Camelot and nearby streets
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 9 authorized a public hearing on the creation of a proposed “Inova Woodburn Temporary Residential Parking Permit District” in Annandale. The hearing is...
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Annandale bank affected by merger
The former United Central Bank next to Giant at 7140 Little River Turnpike, is now Hanmi Bank. Hanmi Financial Corp. completed its acquisition of Central Bankcorp Inc., the parent company of United...
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